Air India launched flights to Phuket on December 01, 2023. While analyzing the route, I wrote “The timings may not be optimum just yet for a two way connection to its entire European bank, but come next year – additional flights to Phuket or additional flights to Europe will help overcome this challenge. “ The … Continue reading Air India’s Phuket expansion – a case study of balancing connectivity and capacity
Edition 42 Early this week, Air India formally announced its third hub and first southern hub at Bengaluru. The deal involves having a lounge at Terminal 2 for domestic passengers and amongst other things an MRO which had already made news in the past. This announcement is a big boost for Bengaluru - which has … Continue reading Weekend Musings: The southern hub
Air India has opened the reservation of its flights to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), formerly Saigon from Delhi, effective June 01, 2024. The airline will operate five times a week flights and deploy the A320neo on this route, which is configured with 12 Business and 150 Economy class seats. The timings are as below … Continue reading Air India to become the second Indian carrier to fly to Vietnam
Edition 41 Many advertisements live forever and one such has been the Asian Paints advertisement from 2004, featuring Sunil Babu who gets a call from his neighbour complimenting New Car, New Wife and New House (Naya Ghar, Nayi Gadi, Nayi Biwi, Badhiya Hai!) - Badhiya Hai quips the neighbour. Much in line with the sentiment … Continue reading Weekend Musings: Naya plane, naya uniform, naya loyalty program.. Badhiya hai!
As is clear to the observer, five of India’s large airports have clear capacity constraints – Delhi, Mumbai (which has seen government mandated cut backs in capacity), Kolkata, Chennai and Pune. The situation at other airports at peak hours is likely similar. This post looks at how the 2 main airline groups of Indigo and … Continue reading Dealing with slot constraints : the use of high capacity aircraft in domestic skies
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